Riefling Surname

1,252,959th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Riefling Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Riefling Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1711:470,79241,127
Norway61:857,04855,549
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
France11:66,422,722504,397
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States71:7,174,098302,835

Riefling Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Riefling Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Riefling is more commonly found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Riefling? popularity and diffusion

Riefling is the 1,252,959th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 39,606,228 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 97 percent of Riefling reside; 94 percent reside in Western Europe and 93 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The surname Riefling is most numerous in Germany, where it is borne by 171 people, or 1 in 470,792. In Germany it is most frequent in: Lower Saxony, where 32 percent are found, Hesse, where 30 percent are found and Saxony, where 7 percent are found. Barring Germany this last name occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 3 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Riefling Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Riefling has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname declined 29 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Riefling Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Riefling earn in different countries varies significantly. In Norway they earn 9.61% more than the national average, earning 379,325 kr per year and in United States they earn 43.4% more than the national average, earning $61,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Rieflin93158/
Refling93127/
Rifling932/
Riefflin8854/
Reifling8849/
Reffling886/
Reafling885/
Riffling882/
Rueffling820/
Räfling8016/
Rufling802/
Refilng801/
Reafleng7551/
Ruffling758/
Räffling757/
Raufling750/
Ruephling711/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Riefling
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